Hello everyone and welcome to the Focus Group podcast. I'm Sarah Longwell, publisher of the Bullwork.

And this week we are headed once again to America's Dairyland, Wisconsin.

Since we last talked about Wisconsin, the Trump endorsed businessman Tim Michaels,

won the Republican primary to face Democratic and Common Governor Tony Evers.

And there have been a rash of polls showing that Democrat Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes

has a real shot against GOP Senator Ron Johnson. But one thing hasn't changed.

Wisconsin is still an evenly divided and crucial state this election cycle.

So for this week's group, we took the temperature of a bunch of Wisconsin swing voters,

all of whom voted for Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020.

Once again, I am joined by the Bullworks, the one, the only person I know from Wisconsin.

Charlie Sykes, hey Charlie, thanks for being here.

Well, it is great to talk about the cheeseheads. Good to be back.

So what is it like up there in Wisconsin right now? Like what's the vibe?

Oh, man. Is it like fall? Is it nice? Like what's happening?

It is fall. Over the weekend, I was down in Austin, Texas, where it was 98 degrees and come back here

and it is a hardcore fall temperature in the 50s.

Sounds great. Wisconsin. It's September, October. What can I say?

Are those like your best months? Is that like when Wisconsin really shines?

We have about six weeks of great summer. Those are our best months.

Okay. That's just, but that's just me.

Got it. Got it. Okay. So this is your third time on the show to talk about Wisconsin.

You know more about it than anybody else that I know. But before we talk about Wisconsin,

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